Mary McAvoy became a writer after fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue abruptly halted her six year return to the workforce after at-home parenting her two children. Not one to be idle, she turned on her laptop and began to write. Her first novel, Love's Compass, is an engaging love story with contemporary and provocative thoughts about love, marriage, family, and divorce woven throughout. Mary is busy working on her second novel - a poignant story about an elderly woman who, on the day of her husband's funeral, looks back on her life in a New England mill town.

Mary lives in New England, where she was born and raised. Her nature essays and photos are featured at her blog SilverLining, and random thoughts are expressed in her blog, sublime days. Her business, Syntax and Style, offers writing and editing services, as well as websites for small businesses. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English/Classics from Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts.